LONG BEACH – Los Alamitos appeared a bit sluggish at times in its Sunset League contest against Huntington Beach on Thursday night at Veterans Stadium.

While the performance was far from perfect, the Griffins were clearly the dominant team and came away with a 35-0 victory over the Oilers.

Los Alamitos (6-3, 4-0), which was coming off an emotionally-charged comeback win over rival Edison, is guaranteed at least a share of first place in league and will lock up first place outright with a victory over Fountain Valley on Thursday, Nov. 2.

The Griffins turned in another outstanding effort on defense, forcing the Oilers (3-6,2-2) to punt eight times, stopping them on downs three times and forcing one turnover.

Edison, which lost to Los Alamitos, 24-16, is the only league opponent to score against the Griffins.

“To go from the highest high and then have to get ready to play, especially (practicing) in 100-plus weather all week long… We didn’t even wear pads,” Los Alamitos coach Ray Fenton said, explaining the challenges his team faced in the days leading up to the game.

“It was a difficult week for us, but the maturity of our team came through tonight.”

The Griffins’ Keanu Norman carried 18 times for 101 yards and three touchdowns and had three receptions for 30 yards and a touchdown.

The Griffins were penalized nine times, including seven in the first half, for a total of 90 yards and had two touchdowns called back.

“We’ve got to minimize those mistakes that we are making,” Fenton said. “It should have been over at halftime and it wasn’t, and those are the mistakes that we need to focus on and clean up this week and ride that into the playoffs.”

After punting on their first two possessions, the Griffins got on the scoreboard with a 28-yard touchdown pass from Grant Caraway to Zach Ruiz.

The Griffins made the score 14-0 with a 26-yard scoring pass from Caraway to Norman.

Norman added a 2-yard rushing touchdown to give Los Alamitos a 21-0 lead at halftime and scored on a pair of 3-yard runs in the third quarter.

Caleb Webb had an interception for the Oilers. Michael McCormick, Nick Smolkin and John Gosney recorded sacks.

Huntington Beach will play its final league game, against Newport Harbor, on Friday, Nov. 3.